CTEM for Healthcare: A Guide to Continuous Threat Exposure Management

In traditional vulnerability management, organizations react to, detect and patch known software flaws, but a framework called Continuous Threat Exposure Management offers an iterative strategy for managing and mitigating threats in real time. First introduced by Gartner, CTEM allows organizations such as health systems to take a continuous approach to fighting cyberthreats such as ransomware and credential leaks. While traditional vulnerability management is periodic and volume-driven, with a long list of findings that may not reflect real-world risk, CTEM is continuous and “threat-informed…